- On Jan. 7, 1927, what touring Pro basketball team that was to popularize the “figure-eight weave” played its first road game in Illinois?
- What quiz show’s name ends with an exclamation point?
- What American singer-songwriter in 1943 created a list of 33 “New Year’s Rulin’s,” including “Keep rancho clean,” “Take bath” and “Wear clean clothes – look good”?
- On Jan. 8, 1835, for the only time, what was the U.S. National Debt?
- What is Merriam-Webster’s 2021 Word of the Year: nomad, vaccine or woke?
- On Jan. 9, 1878, John Watson was born, who, influenced by Ivan Pavlov, initiated what branch of psychology?
- In 1955 what “blonde bombshell” made a New Year’s resolution to “Never miss actor’s studio sessions”?
- Where in Washington would you find the National Portrait Gallery?
- What hockey teams competed in the game called the “Miracle on Ice” at Lake Placid, N.Y?
- On Jan. 10, 1949, RCA debuted the “single” 45 rpm record, which was how many inches wide: seven, eight or nine?
- Who authored the play “Private Lives” in 1930 and in January 1947 resolved to “stand no more nonsense”?
- What would you use to do the Sleeper, the Throw Down and the Gravity Pull?
- What 1943 Pulitzer-Prize winning musical with a title with an exclamation point originally was titled “Away We Go!”
- January 11 is annual National Milk Day; What food contains all nine essential amino acids and Vitamin C?
- Tofu is made from what legume?
- In 1699 who resolved “Not to neglect decency, or cleenlyness, for fear of falling into Nastiness” and “Not to be over severe with young people”? (Hint: “Gulliver’s Travels author.”)
- On Jan. 12, 1906, the football rules committee legalized what kind of pass?
- What part of a cow does a tomahawk steak come from?
- What was the first name of Dr. Johnson, an 18th-century English writer who had a recurring resolution “to rise by degrees more early in the morning”?
- On Jan. 13, 1930, what comic strip first appeared?